A Blog on Coordinating Suits, Shirts, Ties, and Squares.

I have been away doing this, which was written up here, but a few days back I received the following comment in the about me page:

First off, I just want to say I stumbled by your site by accident–well, kind of; I was trying to figure out which tie to get for my outfit–and I’m so glad I did. Your site absolutely rocks. Men need your help! Without you, we’d just pair blue with blue, red with red, etc. That is no way to live! Also, I was hoping you could steer me in the right direction regarding what I should wear to my wedding, which is two weeks from now. I have a very nice, black, three-button suit, as well as a ecru-colored shirt with a basic straight collar.The bridesmaids are wearing deep orange/rust-colored sarees similar to this one:http://media.photobucket.com/image/rust%20saree/acedistributors/Ace%2520Sarees/pari.jpg

My groomsmen are in black, two-button suits with white shirts.I need to find ties and pocket squares for me and them. I’d like them to have ties and squares that match the bridesmaids in some way. As for me, I just want to (a) look good, (b) stand out from the groomsmen, and (c) not stick out in a bad way. Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. I’d even take photos and upload them for you, giving you full credit for “dressing” me.Thanks so much, and I hope to hear from you! Keep up the great work.

Best,Adrian

Here are my thoughts (and I am slightly rushed here due to the Holidays). After the holidays, i.e. Sunday, I hope to be back full swing! See you then 🙂For the Groomsmen with the white shirts I thought to go this way. They can afford the colored squares, and the square gets toned down with the tie which is black and Orange in the warp and weft and gives the impression of a speckled orange. The closeup tells a better story. (forget about suit style , 2 or three button. Here we are concerned with color)

What I wanted here and the way the pics I took turned out didnt exactly meet on the same page so I will just give you the pics that I took and we will illustrate again just how different the same jacket and shirt can look when accessorized differently.

Keeping the jacket (since almurtadza liked it so much 🙂 ) we get a brighter look by swapping out the shirt for a yellowish one and brightening up the tie a bit. Here we can afford this color blue tie which works well against the yellow but might not have worked as well against the blue shirt as the tie has a bit of aqua green blue in it.

For squares I give three options before changing the tie for an rust orange one which makes the ensemble all that more serious and somber.